Iowa State at Missouri

The Iowa State Cyclones were not supposed to be very good, but a mix including a JUCO transfer, key holdovers and freshmen, and this team has stepped up. They are a half court team that has already held 10 different teams to 60 points or less. Knowing that Missouri likes to get up-and-down the court, they are going to have play their half-court game if they want to stick around here. Missouri is 12-0 at home on the season and has gone over 70 in all but one game this year. Despite of their scoring capacity, they have held nine of their last 11 opponents to UNDER 70. Iowa State has had success controlling the tempo vs. good teams as they are 8-2 to the UNDER vs. teams with a winning record in their last 10. The Tigers have also been short of the total in five of their last six vs. a team with a winning record. The UNDER gets my call in this one.